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Question: These five diagrams show different types of society. Please read the descriptions and look at the diagrams and decide which you would prefer the country ought to be.
Type AType BType CType DType E
A small elite at the top, very few people in the middle and the great mass of people at the bottom.A society like a pyramid with a small elite at the top, more people in the middle, and most at the bottom.A pyramid except that just a few people are at the bottom.A society with most people in the middle.Many people near the top, and only a few near the bottom.

Data: % of Type C
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic29.5%
2 South Africa 20.1%
3 France19.7%
4 Chile18.6%
5 Japan18.1%
6 Russian Federation17.9%
7 Italy17.2%
8 Venezuela17.1%
9 United Kingdom16.8%
10 Philippines16.6%
11 Germany15.4%
12 Austria13.7%
13 Taiwan13.4%
14 Suriname13.3%
15 Israel13.2%
16 Lithuania13.1%
16 Switzerland13.1%
18 Denmark12.7%
19 Bulgaria12.6%
20 Australia12.3%
21 United States11.5%
22 Slovenia10.7%
23 New Zealand10.6%
24 Sweden9.7%
25 Norway9.4%
26 Finland9.2%
27 Iceland7.3%
28 Thailand7.1%
29 Croatia6.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -4.269454 X +7.226
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -178014.713237 X +65885.303
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.317
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -29.023258 X +82.926
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.606086 X +1.452
Correlation coefficient (r)0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -3.054831 X +11.501
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001